Vehicle brake



July 289.1925..

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VEHICLE BRAKE Filed June ll, 1923 INVEMTOR PatentedA July 28,v 1925.;

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cHARLEs WASEIGE, or BILLANCOURT, FRANCE, AssIeNoR To som-ETE- IEs AERo- PLANES H. a M. EARMAN, oE-BILLANcoERT, SEINE, FRANCE, A CORPORATION E FRANCE.,

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES WASEIQE, engineer, citizenL of the French- Republic,

' residing at Billancourt, Department of the Seine, in'France, and having P. O. address 149 Rue de Silly, in the said city, have 1nvented certain new and useful Improvements in or Relating to Vehicle Brakes; and

I-4 do hereby'declare the. following to be a illustrated as embodied in an' automobile |brake of a type in which the braking fricf tion is utilized as a brake-applying force.

The principal features of the invention re-v late to a novel device for' taking the braking torque, which is hollow and which serves to house the brake-applying means, and to a vnovel arrangement in which successive action of the brake shoesv or the. like is insured, preferably 'by' springs, while the brake-applying means is entirely relieved-of the braking torque. 1f desired, the shoe or equivalent friction member may directly engage the hollow torque-taking device, and

-in the drawings. the Afriction `lnernber is shown .directly pivoted thereon. v An illustrated novel four-wheel brake system and a modified brake shown in the drawings are coveredby 'my divisional applicationNo. 27 ,468, filed May 2, 1925.

The'invention is illustrated in the accom- 'l panying drawings in which:

Figures 1 and 2 are sections .of the modii fied parts ofthe cams.

Figure 3 is a modification of the arrangement shown in Figure 2, and

Figure 4 shows an adaptation of the in- -vention for applying the brake to. four wheels; 1

Referring to the first improvement over the arrangement shown in my earlier application No. 443,556, filed February l, 1921, it has been found necessary to separate the spindle of the cam or other brake-operating means 4from the fixedspindle about which move the coupled segments constituting the jaws or shoes,I in order to avoid jamming due to the reaction of braking on the said fixed point, and thus to allow of a prompt return of the cam as soon as the brake control is released,

VEHICLE BRAKE.

Application led June 1v1, 1923. Serial No. 644,664.

In order to obtainthis result, a certain 'play may be left between the two spindles 15 and 17 Fi re 2, when they are concentric, the spinlle -15- being that to which the cam is secured; or, the fixed spindle 17 may be secured fairly close to the spindle 15 of the cam 1 4. v A

The first arrangement is illustrated in Figures 1 land 2; in which the friction members are illustrated as novel hinged shoes 1, 3, operated in vthe same manner as set forth in the specification of theearlier above patent application, i. e. by means of the cam 14, but the fixed spindle 17 about which the shoe l turns, is concentric with, .and independent of, the spindle 15 secured to the cam 14. Morpver the bearing 18 of the 'spindle 15 has a rounded off section giving it the minimum bearing surface. v It will be .observed that spindle `17 serves as a hollow torque-taking oranchor member engaged by the friction member 1, which in the illustrated instance is pivoted on it, and that this hollow anchor serves to house the brake applying means, which may be the illustrated cam 'or other expanding device, and which operates on' the' brake through an opening in theside .of the hollow anchor.

It follows'that in this' arrangement any bending of the spindle 17 due to the reactions of braking, has no material eecty on the spindle 15 offthe cam 14:. Moreover the spindle or hollow anchor serves as a convenient mountingl for" the brake-applying device. l In the second arrangement Figure 3, the spindle 17 is mounted as close to the spindle 15 as possible, withoutl however the` said spindles coming into f contact with each other. In this case, as inthe former case,

In the case of four-wheel braking, it is l known that the braking effect on the rear axle should be less efficientathan on the front axle, owing to the shifting of the centre of gravity of the vehicle in the direction of its travel during the slowing d \wn,. in order to avoid slipping or skidding ,of the rear wheels, which causes abnormal wear on .the tires and retards the rapidity o f stopping.

The object of the arrangement shown in Figure 4 is to meet this condition.

ln the said figure, the front axle is prol vided with'the brake according tothe ineach pivoted about a fixed point 21 and. 22.

' Whenthe brake is applied whilst travelling in the forward direction, 4the front axle will be more loaded thanthe rear one, and its brake will act as a self energizing brake, that is to(l say/with all the advantages ,of a servo-brake. The rea-r axle will be braked by the ordinary brake. y On'the other hand, this combination of a selfenergizing brake atthe front, with an ordinary brake at the back, will make possible a braking during backward running,

' which is more powerful lthan that obtained on the other end of the by the self energizing system at the front' and at the back, the direction of rotation of the drums being opposite to the development of the segments or shoes.

Claims.

1. In combination with a drum, a brake therefor comprising lated brake shoes, a xed anchorage for one end of the brake and operating means acting brake to move said brake shoe into `contact with the drum, at

4least a part of said operating means being carried by said fixed anchorage. p

2. In combination with "a drum, a brake therefor comprising a plurality of articulated brake shoes, a fixed anchorage for one end of the brake and operating means actin on the other end of the brake to mo-ve sai brake shoes into contact with the drum, at

least a part of said operating means .being carried by and within a fixed anchorage.

3. In combination withv a drum, a brake hollow part of said therefor comprising primary and secondary shoes independently Jointed together, a fixed anchorage for one end of the secondary shoe, an operating member carrying means for e'ngaging the open end of said primary shoe, said operating member'being supportedby said anchorage. .7

4. In combination with a drum, a brake therefor comprising primary and 'secondary shoes independently. )ointed together, a fixed anchorage for one end of the secondary shoe, an operating member carrying means Ifor engaging the open end of said primary shoe, said operatingV member having a bearing support withnsaid anchorage.

5. In combinatlon with a rotatablememuber, an internal brake therefor comprising a plurality of articulated shoes, a fixed hollow spindle pivotally supporting one end ofthe brake, an operating spindle positioned within said hollow spindleand means carried by said operating` spindle for acting on the other end of said brake'as and for the pur,-

pose described.

6. In combination with a rotatable meme' a plurality of articu' ber, plurality of articulated shoes, apa1r of con- /centrically arranged spindles, the outer one actin as a support for one end of the brake and t e other carrying means for acting on the other end of said brake as and for the purposes described.

7 In combination ber, an internal brake therefor comprising a lplurality ofarticulated shoes, a pair of concentrically arranged spindles, the outer one being fixed and act-ingA as a pivot for one end ofthe brake, ble and 'carrying means foracting on the other end of said brake as and for the pur? poses described. l A

8. In combination with a drum, .abrake therefor comprising a plurality of articulated brake shoes, a fixed anchorage Vfor one end ofthe brake and operating means actin von the other end of the brake tomove sai brakeshoes into contact with the drum, at least a part of said operating means being carried by said fixed anchorage, and means' forv laterally guiding the end of the brake which is acted on by said operatingmeans.

9. In 'brake mechanism, including a rotatable member to be braked, a brake shoe withl comprising an internal brake therefor comprising aV the other spindle being rotata-i with a rotatable memi.

said brake i having one endmovable on a relatively iicxed anchorage and the other end free toI be moved, operating lmeans supported on sai anchorage and acting on said free brake end to move the same and means for taking the thrust of the brake at its'anchorage away --from said operating means consisting of two concentrically arranged but independent bearings in said anchorage. u

11. A brake comprising, 1n combination,

one or more shoes, ,a hollow spindle having r a slot in its side, a spindle within and co- .axial with respect to the hollow spindle, and an operating member turned by the inner spindle and extending through said slot and arranged to operate the shoes.

12. A brake comprising, in. combination, a drum, expansible brake means within the drum, a hollow anchor member arranged to take thev torque from said brake means, and means housed within the hollow anchor member and operative to expand the brake means.

13. A brake comprising, a drum, expansible brake means wi hin the drum, a hollow anchor member having an opening in its side and arranged to take the torque from said brake means, and an-ex panding device housed `within l theV hollow anchor member and operative-through the opening to expand the brake means.

14. A brake comprising, in combination, a drum, friction means engageable with the drum, a hollow generally cylindrical anchor member arranged to take the torque of said means and provided with an opening, and a brake-applying device' within the hollow anchor member and acting on the friction other, a hollow anchor'member arranged totake the braking torque from 4the end of said friction device, and an expanding device housed within the hollow anchor member and operatively engaging the other endI of said device.

17. A brake comprising, in combination, a drum, an expansible-friction device within the drum having its@ ends ladjacent leach other, -a hollow anchor member fixed at o ne end and open atthe fixedend and arranged to take the braking torque fromsaid friction device, an expanding device operatively engagingsaid friction device, and means extending into the open `Afixed end of the hollow anchor member and. arrangedto operate the expanding device.

18. A brake comprising, in combination, a drum, expansible friction means Within the drum, a hollow member fixed at one end and open at itsfixed end and having its, freey end projecting within the drum and `having an opening in its side, means acting 'through` the opening to expand the friction means,

and a part extending into said hollow'member through the open x'ed end and arranged to operate the expanding means.

19. A brake comprising, in combination, a drum, connected shoes within the-,drum so arranged thatl one shoe is moved by the frictionof the drum to apply the other, a torquef taking device engaged by one lend of the shoes, and a device for expanding the shoes, the torque-taking device beingformed and arranged to protect-.the expandin device.

20. A brake comprising, in com ination, a drum, a pair of connected shoes within the drum, ananchor for one end vof the connected shoes, expanding means for forcing the opposite end of the vconnected shoes against the drum, and a spring arranged to .hold

the anchored shoe away from the drum until the unanchored shoe engages the drum and is moved with v the drum to y overcome the spring, thev anchor being separate from' the expanding'means.

In testimony whereof I a-flixmy signature.

CHARLES wAsEren; 

